AS geography revision - Malaria

AS revision for health issues, malaria case study and fact sheet overview.

1. Malaria


Global distribution

Malaria Fact File
•In 2013 there were an estimated 198 million cases of malaria
•600,000-1 million deaths (2013)
•437,000 African children died before their 5
th
birthday due to malaria
•achild dies every minute from malaria
•3.2 billion people are estimated to be at risk, of whom 1.2 billion are at high risk
How is it spread?
•malaria is caused by a single-
cell parasite from a genus
known as Plasmodium
•it is transmitted by Anopheles,
a genus of mosquito
•Anopheles mosquitoes breed in
water
Who is most at risk?
•young children
•non-immune pregnant women
•people with HIV/AIDS
•foreigners
•people returning home to a
high risk area
Preventions
•insecticide treated mosquito
bed nets
•indoor spraying with
insecticides
•antimalarial medicines can also
be used to prevent malaria
•However...
•in areas of high levels of
malaria transmission there is
insecticide resistance
•resistance to antimalarial
medicines is a recurring
problem
•10% of income spend on anti-
malaria drugs
•people refuse to use the nets
and don't repair them when
needed.
Sudan and South Sudan
Burkina Faso
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Mozambique